The Fiat Stilo (Fiat Stilo)

Member Name: sam_king86

Product:	Fiat Stilo
Date:	08/05/06 (4409 review reads)
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Advantages: Quick and Good Looking

Disadvantages: It keeps breaking!

I bought a Fiat Stilo 1.6 Dynamic in December after looking at similar cars for a while and found the specifications were great, it had loads of toys and couldnt beat the look of it! For the first 2 weeks i absolutely loved it...but then the problems began, 2 weeks after buying it the power steering packed up, meaning it was impossible to drive and had to have it towed to my local Fiat dealer who fixed the problem within a week, but cost near £100 just for Fiat to run diagnostics on the car and delete an error off the computer. It ran ok then until just after christmas, when there was an airbag failure, this rendered the trip computer useless as it just showed the warning constantly on the display, and the beeping every 2 minutes wasnt great to live with, again taking it to Fiat they replaced a faulty sensor in the seat, costing another £180, three days after getting it back, the radio/cd player just stopped, Fiat wanted £650, yes £650, for a new head unit, this i was not paying and thought it best to just live without a radio! In April my clutch went, after just 29000 miles, which is, im told, highly iregular, and i have never had this problem on any previous car so my driving was not to blame as suggested by Fiat! I got thecar back last Saturday and today while leaving for work, the familiar beep of the computer telling me that there was an error, yep it was an engine failure, meaning again it is not driveable.
This car has great looks, great toys and great performance...when it works. I would not reccomend this car if you are looking for something reliable or if u like actually driving rather than just sitting in your car in the driveway.

Summary: Looks nice, terrible reliability- just keeps breaking!

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